Then, in November, he filed a joint complaint against both Microsoft and Nintendo. In his complaint against Microsoft, he alleges that he cannot afford the repair fee for his RROD'd 360 (yet can afford all three major consoles, and file court cases), and that he will suffer undue stress due to the loss of his console, and is seeking $75,000. He has also subpoenaed Bill Gates to appear in relation to this case.

In his complaint against Nintendo, he claims that the console maker is interfering in his 'pursuit of happiness', and is seeking an injuction against the banning of the Homebrew channel and Ocarina applications.

I would think that any sensible judge would laugh this guy right out of th courtroom
I mean I'm no lawyer but his claims sound ridiculous at best and completely assinine at worst. I can't imagine this guy has any legal precedent or footing to stand on.

"You'll find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."

Looks to me like a cry for attention mixed with money-grabbing compensation-culture induced simple greed.

If he was 'unfairly banned', is that not an issue between himself and whichever company appoints the moderators/controls the servers or whatever? That would be my interpretation, rather than going straight to the courts squealing breach of rights. Anyone at all familiar with the law knows that freedom of speech is normally limited anyway (thus the actions for defamation in tort), and I note very carefully that nothing was mentioned about why precisely he was banned, just that it was 'unfair' (a subjective term if ever there was one), and a 'violation of free speech' - which to me points to some horrid or profane behaviour on his part. Perhaps he should have read the provisions of his licence agreement more carefully? I'm pretty sure they usually contain plenty of carefully drafted clauses on limitations of service in cases of abuse or nastiness.

Having Winona Ryder called in to testify on the content of 'The Catcher in the Rye' was simply hilarious. One would have thought that if this was genuine, and not some frivolous attempt to catch the public eye, a Professor of American Literature may have been more useful than an actress...

He won't get anywhere with his suit against the console makers. First off being a private business with all kinds of lovely wording in the EULA which states that they can terminate your account for any reason whatsoever, he's SOL. And not being able to repair the RROD. well I think they should fix those things for free. It's faulty design. But the Wii? Come on. He violated the requirements of a game and expects to be compensated when the company fixes what he broke?

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." Thomas Jefferson

Anyways, this is ridiculous. Even though I myself don't get out often, suing gaming companies because they don't please you well enough is just wrong. Whatever tiny grains of dust that was left of my faith in humanity has now been vaporized.

"There is no such thing as coincidence, only inevitability" - xxxHoLiC